Channing Tatum Eyes Hateful Eight Role

Update: The Weinstein Co. officially announced the cast of The Hateful Eight today, confirming the casting of Channing Tatum as reported below. The Hateful Eight are: Samuel L. Jackson as Major Marquis Warren, Kurt Russell as John “The Hangman” Ruth, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Daisy Domergue, Walton Goggins (Justified) as Chris Mannix, Demian Bichir as Bob, Tim Roth as Oswaldo Mobray, Michael Madsen as Joe Gage and Bruce Dern as General Sanford Smithers. Channing Tatum has signed on for an unspecified role.

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Channing Tatum is eyeing a role in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, according to Deadline. The website claims Tatum is "circling a major role" in the film, which begins filming in early 2015.

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Should Tatum join, he'll be working alongside the likes of Samuel L Jackson, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, and the recently announced female lead Jennifer Jason Leigh, who is set to play the part of Daisy Domergue; a wanted criminal being transported by two bounty hunters.

Aside from The Hateful Eight, Tatum is also set to star as X-Men's Gambit, in a film produced by Days of Future Past's Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner, with a script reportedly penned by Robocop's Chris Claremont.